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Mount Pleasant, Vancouver

2510 Alberta Street

In the 1940 city directory.

In 1940, 2510 Alberta Street is Alberta Apartments, with four suites and households listed under it. Its name section lists six people here: John T Gunn, a driver; Peter R Guthrie, a machinist for E Chrystal; and four others.

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6
people the 1940 directory lists here
Still standing
today, by the City's records
1910
the year built, by the City's record

In 1940

The street section

  • Alberta Apartmentsp. 3
  • P R Guthriesuite 1p. 3
  • C Marshallsuite 2p. 3
  • J T Gunnsuite 3p. 3
  • W H Sinclairsuite 4p. 3

The household

  • John T Gunna driver · householder · suite 3p. 244
  • Peter R Guthriea machinist for E Chrystal · householder · suite 1p. 245
  • Clarence Marshalla carpenter · householder · suite 2p. 415
  • William H Sinclaira conductor at the BC Electric Railway · householder · suite 4p. 563

Also under the Guthrie name

  • Laura C Guthriea maid · lives here · suite 1p. 245
  • Velina G Guthriea nurse at the St Pauls Hospital · lives here · suite 1p. 245

Alberta Street is read from the 1940 directory, street section and name section, line by line.

1940British Columbia and Yukon Directory

Streets

ALBERTA

  1. 2510Alberta Aptsp. 3
  2. 25101Guthrie P Rp. 3
  3. 25102Marshall Cp. 3
  4. 25103Gunn J Tp. 3
  5. 25104Sinclair W Hp. 3

Names

  1. Gunn John T drvr BCE Power & Gas h3, 2510 Albertap. 244
  2. Guthrie Peter R mach E Chrystal h1, 2510 Albertap. 245
  3. Marshall Clarence carp h2, 2510 Albertap. 415
  4. Sinclair Wm H cond BCER h4, 2510 Albertap. 563
  5. Guthrie Laura C maid r1, 2510 Albertap. 245
  6. Guthrie Velina G nurse St Pauls Hosp r1, 2510 Albertap. 245
The lines for 2510 Alberta Street in the 1940 directory, as we read them, with its abbreviations; each opens its page at the Vancouver Public Library. The name section prints h for a householder and r for someone who lives at the address.

The building today

2510 Alberta Street still has a building from before 1946, as does 2516 next door; its permit dates from 1910 and the City's record from 1910, so it is very likely A, one of the three small brick houses Goad's 1912 map draws on one lot (inferred). A permit to build a brick apartment house was taken out in January 1910 by E Baynes: builder Baynes & Horie, architect William Francis Jones, $10,000.

Since 1940

  1. 1997–2024Licensed as an apartment house (licences on record start in 1997).

From City of Vancouver open data (Open Government Licence – Vancouver): the property tax report (BC Assessment's years, approximate for old buildings), business licences from 1997 (the kind of business only), issued building permits from 2017 and the heritage register.

The 2500 block of Alberta Street on Goad's 1912 fire insurance map, with 2510 marked
The 2500 block of Alberta Street, between West Broadway and West 10th Avenue, on Goad's fire insurance map of 1912; the map may print the street under an older name. The ring marks 2510, placed from the City's address point today (inferred). The 1912 map splits this lot into three small brick houses lettered A to C; 2510 is A. Georectified by the City of Vancouver (Open Government Licence – Vancouver).

The 2500 block in 1940

Alberta Street between West Broadway and West 10th Avenue, Mount Pleasant: every door the 1940 directory lists on the block, the way it prints them, and what stands at each today. This house is marked in red.

Alberta Street, the 2500 blockas the 1940 directory lists it, door by door, and what stands there today

*: some member of the family owns the property, to the best of our knowledge (the directory's own mark, printed from 1935)

West side, odd numbers

No west-side addresses in the 1940 directory.

The 2500 block of Alberta Street

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2510 Alberta Street, Mount Pleasant, Vancouver, is in the 1940 city directory. A building from before 1946 still stands there: the City's record gives 1910 as the year built.

Source: AddressLore, addresslore.com/house/2510-alberta, from Vancouver's city directories (Vancouver Public Library) and City of Vancouver open data.

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Sources

The 1940 city directory (British Columbia and Yukon Directory), street and name sections, read by us line by line (Vancouver Public Library, BC City Directories); each line above links its page. Today's buildings: City of Vancouver Open Data (property tax report 2026, property addresses, Vancouver Heritage Register; Open Government Licence – Vancouver). The City's year built is BC Assessment's figure and can be approximate for old houses. The 1912 plate: Goad's Fire Insurance Map, georectified by the City of Vancouver. Building permit: Heritage Vancouver Society's transcription of the City's permit registers, 1901–1930 (Historical Vancouver Building Permits; search it for this address). Something wrong, or a name you'd like removed? Tell us.